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falconer

/fawl-kuh-ner, fal-, faw-kuh-/US // ˈfɔl kə nər, ˈfæl-, ˈfɔ kə- //UK // (ˈfɔːlkənə, ˈfɔːkə-) //

猎鹰人,隼人,猎鹰者,猎鹰

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a person who hunts with falcons or follows the sport of hawking.
    • : a person who trains hawks for hunting.

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Examples

  • Part of being a falconer is trapping juvenile birds, up to 90 percent of which won’t make it through their first winter in the wild, Stotts said.

  • Francis Falconer, who died at Petersfield about 1874, drove the day “Rocket” all the time it ran.

  • So we parted hence and went home with Mr. Falconer, who did give us cherrys and good wine.

  • Falconer, having prepared the greater part of the work for the press, died in 1792.

  • Dr Hugh Falconer with the assistance of a committee of geologists excavated it.

  • A compatriot of his, Edmund Falconer, like himself an actor as well as an author, had opened the way for him.